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［イベント情報］March 1, 2021(Mon)The Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, is delighted to announce the release of its PV, introducing the center's diverse international research activities in Japanese art and culture since its establishment in 1998.
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［イベント情報］February 22, 2021(Mon)The FY2020 Annual Report Meeting of the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC) & Program for Supporting Research Center Formation, Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, was held on February 19 (Sat) & 20 (Sun), 2021.
To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the event was held online via Zoom and YouTube.
Program
February 19 (Fri) 13:00-13:05 Opening Remarks 13:05-14:35 Report Session/ Program for Supporting Research Center Formation (15 mins. each incl. Q&As)
1. A Project on the Intellectual Linkage of Large-Scale Cultural Information
Project Leader: Ryo AKAMA, Professor, College of Letters, RU
2. Playing in the City of Kyoto - Construction of a Virtual Kyoto Using VR and AR
Project Leader: Naomi KAWASUMI, Assoc. Professor, College of Letters, RU
Presenter: Hirotaka SATO, Asst. Professor, College of Letters, RU
3.Construction and Transmission of a Kyoto Street Culture Archive
Project Leader: Shinya SAITO, Assoc. Professor, Coll. of Image Arts and Sciences, RU
4. A System Development Project for Exhibition of Images Such as Ukiyo-e Through the Means of Games - Encourage Players to Smile While Playing Games Bring More Enjoyment
Project Leader: Ruck THAWONMAS, Professor, Coll. of Information Science and Engineering, RU
Presenter: Sunee SAE-LAO, M2 (Graduated in Sep 2020), Coll. of Information Science and Engineering
5. Acoustic sound reconstruction and playing-support with traditional instruments
Project Leader: Takanobu NISHIURA, Professor, Coll. of Information Science and Engineering, RU
6. Project of developing evaluation datasets for ARC collection databases
Project Leader: Akira MAEDA, Professor, Coll. of Information Science and Engineering, RU
Presenters: Jiayun WANG, D3, Grad. School of Information Science and Engineering, RU
Yuting SONG, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Grad. School of Information Science and Engineering, RU
Biligsaikhan BATJARGAL, Senior Researcher, Kinugasa Research Org., RU14:35-14:50 －Break (15 mins)－ 14:50-15:20 Report Session/ Program for Supporting Research Center Formation(15 mins. each incl. Q&As)
7. Play between creativity and learning
Project Leader: Akinori NAKAMURA, Professor, Coll. of Image Arts and Sciences, RU
Presenter: Yasuo KAWASAKI, Visiting Researcher, Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies
8. Collaborative Project ①「The Construction of a "Playable Kyoto Cultural Resources Archive" using AI and a Time Travel Game System
Project Leaders: Ruck THAWONMAS, Professor, Coll. of Information Science and Engineering, RU
Presenters: Shinya SAITO, Assoc. Professor, Coll. of Image Arts and Sciences, RU
Naomi KAWASUMI, Associate Professor, College of Letters, RU15:20-16:20 Report Session/ARC-iJAC(15 mins. each incl. Q&As)
9. Infrastructure Development of Digital Research Environment for Modern Woodblock-printed Kuchi-e (Frontispieces)
Project Leader: Tomoo ASAHI, Independent Researcher
Presenter: Kana TSUNEKI, Ph.D. Candidate, Grad. School of Letters, RU / Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology, Kurume College
10. A Study on the Construction of a Theater Material Image Search System that Utilizes the Theater Performance Record Database
Project Leader: Sachiko MUTO, Chief Librarian, Shochiku Otani Library
11. Fundamental research for digital reproduction of Kabuki in Genroku era
Project Leader: Masami IWAI, Professor, English and Int'l Studies, Meijyo University
12. A Database Construction of Old Japanese Manuscripts and an Analysis Using Machine Learning
Project Leader: Toshiaki AIDA, Lecturer, Grad. School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health System, Okayama University16:20-16:35 －Break (15 mins)－ 16:35-17:50 Report Session/ARC-iJAC (15 mins. each incl. Q&As)
13. A Study on the Construction of "The Kamo River Old Photograph GIS Database" and Analysis of River Environment Transitions
Project Leader: Takafusa IIZUKA, Associate Professor, Faculty of Regional Policy, Aichi University
14. A Study of a System to Support Community Study on Kyoto's Townscape and its Changes
Project Leader: Akira TAKAHASHI, Visiting Researcher, Cyber Media Center, Osaka University
15. Digital Archive of the Techniques, Processing and Enjoyment of Manga and Anime with its Focus on International Spread and Propagation of Culture
Project Leader: Ryosuke YAMANISHI, Assoc. Professor, Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University
Presenters: Dr. Ryosuke YAMANISHI, Susumu NAKATA, Professor, Yoko NISHIHARA, Assoc. Professor, College of Information Science and Engineering, RU
16. Digital Archive Project of Japanese Arts in the Collection of Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, India
Project Leader: Shinya MAEZAKI, Associate Professor, Dept. of Apparel and Space Design, Kyoto Women's University
17. Cultural salons and the visual arts in Kyoto and Osaka, 1750-1900: Digitizing Kamigata surimono and paintings
Project Leader: Andrew GERSTLE, Emeritus Professor, SOAS University of LondonFebruary 20 (Sat) 13:00-14:15 Report Session/Program for Supporting Research Center Formation (15 mins. each incl. Q&As)
1. Research project on the Japanese cultural resources using the concept of "Metahistory" or "Les lieux de mémoire"
Project Leader: Koichi HOSOI, Professor, College of Image Arts and Sciences, RU
Presenter: Hitomi Mori, D2, Yuji MIYATA, D1, Toshinari Tsuji, M1, Graduate School of Letters, RU
2. Play and Discovery in Kanji Characters
Project Leader: Lin MENG, Assoc. Professor, College of Image Arts and Sciences, RU
3. Visualization for Re-experiencing the Psychology/Festival using VR Technology
Project Leader: Kyoko HASEGAWA, Lecturer, College of Information Science and Engineering, RU
4. Generation Z Web Content Archiving Project
Project Leader: Yumi TAKENAKA, Professor, Grad. School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, RU
Presenter: Shunsuke Mukae, D7, Grad. School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, RU
5. Collaborative Project ② Learning about Kyoto Ukiyo-e landscapes by Playing Minecraft.
Project Leaders: Prof. Koichi HOSOI, Prof. Ruck THAWONMAS, Prof. Akinori NAKAMURA
Presenter: Toshinari TSUJI, Graduate School of Letters, RU14:15-14:30 －Break (15 mins)－ 14:30-15:00 Report Session/Program for Supporting Research Center Formation (15mins. each incl. Q&As)
6. Collaborative Project ③ About the Digitization, Preservation and Organization of the Shirakawa Shizuka Collection
Project Leaders: Lin MENG, Associate Professor, College of Information Science and Engineering
Akira MAEDA, Professor, Coll. of Information Science and Engineering, RU
Fumio GOTO, Associate Professor, The Shirakawa Shizuka Institute of East Asian Characters and Culture/Grad. School of Professional Teacher Education
Presenter: LI Kangying, Ｄ2, Grad. School of Information Science and Engineering, RU
7. Collaborative Project ④ Visualization of Mind of Generation Z
Project Leaders: Prof. Yumi TAKENAKA, Dr. Kyoko HASEGAWA
Presenters: Takahiro MORI, D4, Grad. School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, RU15:00-16:00 Report Session/ARC-iJAC (15 mins. each incl. Q&As)
8. Research of Kyoto-based Global Development of Printing Techniques and Designs
Project Leader: Aya UEDA, Part-time Lecturer, Kwansei Gakuin University/ Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
9. Construction of a 3D Model Database of Japanese Armor in the Collection of the Tokushima Castle Museum, Tokushima City
Project Leader: Akihiro TSUKAMOTO, Associate Professor, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Tokushima University
10. Automatic Extraction of Personal Information of Historical Characters from Nihon Jinmei Jiten by Yaichi Haga and Creation of Structured Data
Project Leader: Fuminori KIMURA, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Management and Information Science, Onomichi City University
11.「Developing Online Education and Research Using the Holdings of the C.V. Starr East Asian Library and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive at the University of California, Berkeley」
Project Leader: Jonathan ZWICKER, Assoc. Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Presenter: Prof. Ryo AKAMA, Professor, College of Letters, RU16:00-16:15 －Break（15mins.）－ 16:15-16:45 ARC-iJAC Technical Support Board Workshop 16:45-17:45 Report Session/ARC-iJAC (15 mins. each incl. Q&As)
12. A Comprehensive Online Catalog of the Japanese Artworks in Europe and North America: Its Construction and Application
Project Leader: Monica BINCSIK, Assistant Curator, Department of Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Presenter: Prof. Ryo AKAMA, Professor, College of Letters, RU
13. Digital Archiving of Indonesian Cultural Heritage and Development of 4D High-Definition Visualization Contents
Project Leader: Dr. Fadjar I. THUFAIL, Researcher, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
Presenters: Dr. Fadjar I. THUFAIL, Liang LI, Assoc. Professor, Coll. of Information Science and Engineering, RU
14. 「Edo Period Map Goes Digital - The O Edo ezu as an Interactive Resource」
Project Leader: Michael KINSKI, Professor, Japanese Studies, Frankfurt University
Presenters: Prof. Michael KINSKI / Leo BORN, MA Student, Heidelberg University / Koray BIRENHEIDE, MA Student, Frankfurt University
15. Using Digital Archives to Create a Research Network of Japanese Cultural Resources in the UK and Utilizing Digital Resources for Japanese Studies
Project Leader: Ryoko MATSUBA, Senior Digital Humanities Officer, SISJAC17:45-17:50 Closing remarks ［イベント情報］February 19, 2021(Fri)Date : Friday, February 19, 13:00～17:50 (JST) and Saturday, February 20, 13:00～17:50 (JST)
Venue : Online（Zoom, YouTube）Organised by：International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC) & Program for Supporting Research Center Formation, Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
※This event is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate via the following link:
ARC Youtube ChannelProgram ※Please note that the program may be subject to change.
February 19 (Fri) 13:00-13:05 Opening Remarks 13:05-14:35 Report Session/Program for Supporting Research Center Formation (15 mins. each incl. Q&As)
1. A Project on the Intellectual Linkage of Large-Scale Cultural Information
Project Leader: Ryo AKAMA, Professor, College of Letters, RU
2. Playing in the City of Kyoto - Construction of a Virtual Kyoto Using VR and AR
Project Leader: Naomi KAWASUMI, Assoc. Professor, College of Letters, RU
Presenter: Hirotaka SATO, Asst. Professor, College of Letters, RU
3.Construction and Transmission of a Kyoto Street Culture Archive
Project Leader: Shinya SAITO, Assoc. Professor, Coll. of Image Arts and Sciences, RU
4. A System Development Project for Exhibition of Images Such as Ukiyo-e Through the Means of Games - Encourage Players to Smile While Playing Games Bring More Enjoyment
Project Leader: Ruck THAWONMAS, Professor, Coll. of Information Science and Engineering, RU
Presenter: Sunee SAE-LAO, M2 (Graduated in Sep 2020), Coll. of Information Science and Engineering
5. Acoustic sound reconstruction and playing-support with traditional instruments
Project Leader: Takanobu NISHIURA, Professor, Coll. of Information Science and Engineering, RU
6. Project of developing evaluation datasets for ARC collection databases
Project Leader: Akira MAEDA, Professor, Coll. of Information Science and Engineering, RU
Presenters: Jiayun WANG, D3, Grad. School of Information Science and Engineering, RU
Yuting SONG, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Grad. School of Information Science and Engineering, RU
Biligsaikhan BATJARGAL, Senior Researcher, Kinugasa Research Org., RU14:35-14:50 －Break (15 mins)－ 14:50-15:20 Report Session/Program for Supporting Research Center Formation(15 mins. each incl. Q&As)
7. Play between creativity and learning
Project Leader: Akinori NAKAMURA, Professor, Coll. of Image Arts and Sciences, RU
Presenter: Yasuo KAWASAKI, Visiting Researcher, Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies
8. Collaborative Project ①「The Construction of a "Playable Kyoto Cultural Resources Archive" using AI and a Time Travel Game System
Project Leaders: Ruck THAWONMAS, Professor, Coll. of Information Science and Engineering, RU
Presenters: Shinya SAITO, Assoc. Professor, Coll. of Image Arts and Sciences, RU
Naomi KAWASUMI, Associate Professor, College of Letters, RU15:20-16:20 Report Session/ARC-iJAC(15 mins. each incl. Q&As)
9. Infrastructure Development of Digital Research Environment for Modern Woodblock-printed Kuchi-e (Frontispieces)
Project Leader: Tomoo ASAHI, Independent Researcher
Presenter: Kana TSUNEKI, Ph.D. Candidate, Grad. School of Letters, RU / Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology, Kurume College
10. A Study on the Construction of a Theater Material Image Search System that Utilizes the Theater Performance Record Database
Project Leader: Sachiko MUTO, Chief Librarian, Shochiku Otani Library
11. Fundamental research for digital reproduction of Kabuki in Genroku era
Project Leader: Masami IWAI, Professor, English and Int'l Studies, Meijyo University
12. A Database Construction of Old Japanese Manuscripts and an Analysis Using Machine Learning
Project Leader: Toshiaki AIDA, Lecturer, Grad. School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health System, Okayama University16:20-16:35 －Break (15 mins)－ 16:35-17:50 Report Session/ARC-iJAC (15 mins. each incl. Q&As)
13. A Study on the Construction of "The Kamo River Old Photograph GIS Database" and Analysis of River Environment Transitions
Project Leader: Takafusa IIZUKA, Associate Professor, Faculty of Regional Policy, Aichi University
14. A Study of a System to Support Community Study on Kyoto's Townscape and its Changes
Project Leader: Akira TAKAHASHI, Visiting Researcher, Cyber Media Center, Osaka University
15. Digital Archive of the Techniques, Processing and Enjoyment of Manga and Anime with its Focus on International Spread and Propagation of Culture
Project Leader: Ryosuke YAMANISHI, Assoc. Professor, Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University
Presenters: Dr. Ryosuke YAMANISHI, Susumu NAKATA, Professor, Yoko NISHIHARA, Assoc. Professor, College of Information Science and Engineering, RU
16. Digital Archive Project of Japanese Arts in the Collection of Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, India
Project Leader: Shinya MAEZAKI, Associate Professor, Dept. of Apparel and Space Design, Kyoto Women's University
17. Cultural salons and the visual arts in Kyoto and Osaka, 1750-1900: Digitizing Kamigata surimono and paintings
Project Leader: Andrew GERSTLE, Emeritus Professor, SOAS University of LondonFebruary 20 (Sat) 13:00-14:15 Report Session/Program for Supporting Research Center Formation (15 mins. each incl. Q&As)
1. Research project on the Japanese cultural resources using the concept of "Metahistory" or "Les lieux de mémoire"
Project Leader: Koichi HOSOI, Professor, College of Image Arts and Sciences, RU
Presenter: Hitomi Mori, D2, Yuji MIYATA, D1, Toshinari Tsuji, M1, Graduate School of Letters, RU
2. Play and Discovery in Kanji Characters
Project Leader: Lin MENG, Assoc. Professor, College of Image Arts and Sciences, RU
3. Visualization for Re-experiencing the Psychology/Festival using VR Technology
Project Leader: Kyoko HASEGAWA, Lecturer, College of Information Science and Engineering, RU
4. Generation Z Web Content Archiving Project
Project Leader: Yumi TAKENAKA, Professor, Grad. School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, RU
Presenter: Shunsuke Mukae, D7, Grad. School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, RU
5. Collaborative Project ② Learning about Kyoto Ukiyo-e landscapes by Playing Minecraft.
Project Leaders: Prof. Koichi HOSOI, Prof. Ruck THAWONMAS, Prof. Akinori NAKAMURA
Presenter: Toshinari TSUJI, Graduate School of Letters, RU14:15-14:30 －Break (15 mins)－ 14:30-15:00 Report Session/Program for Supporting Research Center Formation (15mins. each incl. Q&As)
6. Collaborative Project ③ About the Digitization, Preservation and Organization of the Shirakawa Shizuka Collection
Project Leaders: Lin MENG, Associate Professor, College of Information Science and Engineering
Akira MAEDA, Professor, Coll. of Information Science and Engineering, RU
Fumio GOTO, Associate Professor, The Shirakawa Shizuka Institute of East Asian Characters and Culture/Grad. School of Professional Teacher Education
Presenter: LI Kangying, Ｄ2, Grad. School of Information Science and Engineering, RU
7. Collaborative Project ④ Visualization of Mind of Generation Z
Project Leaders: Prof. Yumi TAKENAKA, Dr. Kyoko HASEGAWA
Presenters: Takahiro MORI, D4, Grad. School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, RU15:00-16:00 Report Session/ARC-iJAC (15 mins. each incl. Q&As)
8. Research of Kyoto-based Global Development of Printing Techniques and Designs
Project Leader: Aya UEDA, Part-time Lecturer, Kwansei Gakuin University/ Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
9. Construction of a 3D Model Database of Japanese Armor in the Collection of the Tokushima Castle Museum, Tokushima City
Project Leader: Akihiro TSUKAMOTO, Associate Professor, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Tokushima University
10. Automatic Extraction of Personal Information of Historical Characters from Nihon Jinmei Jiten by Yaichi Haga and Creation of Structured Data
Project Leader: Fuminori KIMURA, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Management and Information Science, Onomichi City University
11.「Developing Online Education and Research Using the Holdings of the C.V. Starr East Asian Library and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive at the University of California, Berkeley」
Project Leader: Jonathan ZWICKER, Assoc. Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Presenter: Prof. Ryo AKAMA, Professor, College of Letters, RU16:00-16:15 －Break（15mins.）－ 16:15-16:45 ARC-iJAC Technical Support Board Workshop 16:45-17:45 Report Session/ARC-iJAC (15 mins. each incl. Q&As)
12. A Comprehensive Online Catalog of the Japanese Artworks in Europe and North America: Its Construction and Application
Project Leader: Monica BINCSIK, Assistant Curator, Department of Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Presenter: Prof. Ryo AKAMA, Professor, College of Letters, RU
13. Digital Archiving of Indonesian Cultural Heritage and Development of 4D High-Definition Visualization Contents
Project Leader: Dr. Fadjar I. THUFAIL, Researcher, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
Presenters: Dr. Fadjar I. THUFAIL, Liang LI, Assoc. Professor, Coll. of Information Science and Engineering, RU
14. 「Edo Period Map Goes Digital - The O Edo ezu as an Interactive Resource」
Project Leader: Michael KINSKI, Professor, Japanese Studies, Frankfurt University
Presenters: Prof. Michael KINSKI / Leo BORN, MA Student, Heidelberg University / Koray BIRENHEIDE, MA Student, Frankfurt University
15. Using Digital Archives to Create a Research Network of Japanese Cultural Resources in the UK and Utilizing Digital Resources for Japanese Studies
Project Leader: Ryoko MATSUBA, Senior Digital Humanities Officer, SISJAC17:45-17:50 Closing remarks ［イベント情報］February 16, 2021(Tue)The 10th Forum for Knowledge, Arts, and Culture in Digital Humanities took place on Saturday, February 13, 2021, co-organized by the Kansai Division of the Japan Art Documentation Society and the Kansai Division of the Japan Society of Information and Knowledge in cooperation with the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University.
To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the event was held online via Zoom. Participation was free of charge.
The Forum for Knowledge, Arts, and Culture in Digital Humanities was launched in 2011 as a platform for presentations and exchange mainly among postgraduate students and young researchers interested in the digital humanities research in arts, culture, and other related fields.
The event offered an opportunity for participants to discover new research themes and methods through human interaction in different fields, and we also welcomed exploratory and adventurous presentations that are slightly different from conventional conference presentations.
Facilitators (in alphabetical order): Ryo AKAMA (Ritsumeikan University), Naoki TAKUBO (Kindai University), Takehiko MURAKAWA (Wakayama University)
→Japan Art Documentation Society
Program： →Presentation abstracts (in Japanese) 12:50 Opening Remarks 12:55 Presentation１
「情報処理科目を対象とした選択式問題生成支援システムの改良」
山口 晶啓（和歌山大学システム工学部）13:20 Presentation２
「遺跡に関するデータベースの位置情報修正の検討」
武内 樹治（立命館大学大学院文学研究科）13:45 Presentation３
「自治体史等の地域資料のデジタル化・オープン化の進展状況 - 神奈川県市域部と町村域部とにおける相違点」
長塚 隆（鶴見大学名誉教授）14:10 Break 14:25 Presentation４
「系図コンテンツの効果的な閲覧の支援に関する研究」
東 涼介（和歌山大学大学院システム工学研究科）14:50 Presentation５
「ソーシャルVRサービス"VRChat"を用いたバーチャル展示制作システムの開発 －立命館大学アート・リサーチセンター閲覧室を事例に－」
江﨑 笙吾（立命館大学文学部）15:15 Presentation６
「3次元計測で得られる大規模ポイントクラウドを用いた有形文化財の衝突可視化」
Li Weite（立命館大学大学院情報理工学研究科）15:40 Break 15:55 Presentation７
「日本文化資源としての「時代劇」関連資料アーカイブの構築と活用 ～書き込み脚本を例に～」
辻 俊成（立命館大学大学院文学研究科）16:20 Presentation８
「演劇アーカイブ研究：現代演劇を中心とした理論と実践」
村上 佳奈子（立命館大学大学院文学研究科）16:45 Break 17:00 Presentation９
「深層学習モデルに基づく浮世絵画像検索システムの開発」
王 嘉韻（立命館大学大学院情報理工学研究科）17:25 Presentation１０
「浮世絵レコードのクロスモーダル多言語横断検索に向けて：Multilingual-BERTによる作品情報の特徴埋め込み抽出の試み」
Li Kangying（立命館大学大学院情報理工学研究科）17:50 Closing Remarks 18:00 Get-together ［イベント情報］February 1, 2021(Mon)The application for FY 2021 International Joint Research with Research Fund is open until Monday February 1, 2021, 10AM (JST). Successful projects will receive research funds from the ARC-iJAC.
Learn more about the application here.
Read more>>［イベント情報］January 20, 2021(Wed)The 81st International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, January 20, starting at 18:00 JST.
The program is as follows:
"Hokusai's drawings for Banbutsu ehon daizen zu (1829) and how they can be represented in the British Museum's ResearchSpace" (in English)
Speaker: Timothy Clark (Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Asia, the British Museum)
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Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2020 18:00 - 19:30 JST
Participation: via Zoom (details via our mailing list)
With the establishment of the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC) in 2019, the Art Research Center strives to push internationalization of research activities that transcends disciplines and geographic boundaries.The Art Research Center would like to express
our sincere gratitude for your continued support.May your year be filled with health, joy and happiness.
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FY 2021 International Joint Research with Research Fund, ARC-iJAC
Deadline: Monday, February 1, 2021, 10AM (JST)
The group of 103 once-lost drawings by Hokusai that were rediscovered and acquired by the British Museum in 2019 is available in the ARC database, including metadata based on the ARC's further research.An Interview with Professor Satoshi Tanaka (College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University) 
Prof. Tanaka, a member of the ARC, discusses how 3D ultra-high-quality, see-through visualization models of large-scale cultural heritage are created in Japan and abroad using the latest 3D scanning technologies and how AI helps to reproduce what human eyes cannot see.
The 2nd exhibition in the Ako City Chushingura Ukiyo-e Digital Exhibition Room showcases a collection of works that depict Oboshi Yuranosuke (or Oishi Kuranosuke), the protagonist of the play Chushingura (忠臣蔵, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers).
The ARC has published the collection of Takeuchi Dokei, one of the re-presentative collections of the Kunitachi College of Music Library and a treasure trove of early modern Japanese music materials. >> Enter the exhibitionWatch the Video "An Evening of Noh and Kyogen" In cooperation with the ARC, the Japan Foundation Kyoto Office released this video of its annual event for international students and others interested in Japan to experience traditional Japanese culture through the Noh and Kyogen performances.
*Both productions are presented with an English synopsis.
Previously in private possession in the US and Europe, a set of damaged picture scrolls depicting the folk tale of Shuten-doji, a mythical demon leader thought to be residing in Mt. Oe, has returned to Japan for the first time in 130 years.Entrusted with its restoration, the ARC started a crowdfunding project in 2019 successfully. As a gesture of gratitude, we offered a limited number of donors to visit the restoration site.The ARC is thankful for the opportunity to revive this valuable cultural asset from the 17th century, and is looking forward to exhibiting these picture scrolls when the restoration is completed.
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81st International ARC Seminar (Webinar)
"Hokusai's drawings for Banbutsu ehon daizen zu (1829) and how they can be represented in the British Museum's ResearchSpace"
Speaker: Timothy Clark (Honorary Research Fellow,
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You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.［イベント情報］January 13, 2021(Wed)The 80th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, January 13, starting at 18:00 JST.
The program is as follows:
1. "Digital Musicology???" (in Japanese)
Speaker: Michiru KODERA (Associate Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
2. "The Notion of the Work in Dance: Practical and Theoretical Inquiry to Its Problematics" (in Japanese)
Speaker: Hokuto KODAMA (Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University)
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Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2020 18:00 - 19:30 JST
Participation: online, free of charge (no reservation required)
*This Webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate.
［イベント情報］December 25, 2020(Fri)
Professor Tanaka, thank you for your time today. Firstly, could you please tell us how you joined the Art Research Center at Ritsumeikan University?Prof. Tanaka: In 2004, the College of Information Science and Engineering was founded at Ritsumeikan University. I was appointed to the Department of Information Science and Engineering in 2002 as a founding member.
Coincidently, the Art Research Center had been selected for the 21st Century Center of Excellence (COE) Program "Kyoto Art Entertainment Innovation Research" by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) in the same year and so, the joint research started.
Can you please tell us more about your area of research?
Prof. Tanaka: I conduct research on the ultra-high-quality visualization and visual analysis of cultural heritage to digitally preserve valuable cultural properties in Japan and abroad.By utilizing the latest 3D scanning technologies such as laser scanning and photogrammetry techniques, we can obtain large-scale point-cloud data of cultural assets.
We have proposed a novel method of see-through visualization applicable to point cloud data. This method enables us to visualize the complex inner and outer structures of tangible cultural heritage.
Read more>>［イベント情報］December 24, 2020(Thu)Every year in autumn, The Japan Foundation Kyoto Office organizes an event called "An Evening of Noh and Kyogen" to give people an opportunity to experience traditional Japanese culture, inviting international students, Japan Foundation Fellows, and those enrolled at the Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai to join in this event.
This year, however, the outbreak of COVID-19 has resulted in travel restrictions, making it difficult for students and scholars of Japanese Studies abroad to come to Japan.
To minimize the risk of virus transmission, the Japan Foundation Kyoto Office will take a new approach to this year's event in cooperation with the Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, by filming the productions without an audience and releasing the video to the public free of charge for one year from December 24, 2020, at 14:00.
The program
"An Evening of Noh and Kyogen"
Noh: Kanze School Noh actor KATAYAMA Kuroemon in "Shari (The Bones of Buddha)"
Kyogen: Okura School Kyogen actor SHIGEYAMA Sengoro in "Shimizu (A Servant for Better Working Conditions)"
*Both productions will be presented with English synopsis.
Japan Foundation An Evening of Noh and Kyogen 2020:https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/world/kyoto/2020/12-01.html
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